"Racundra's" First Cruise

Ransome, Arthur

Published by New York B. W. Huebsch, Inc. 1923, 1923

About this Item

First U.S. edition. 258 pages + 16 black and white illustrated plates and 3 charts. The book is firmly bound in the publisher's light brown cloth, lettered and illustrated in dark green, Hammond's second binding variant, no priority established, the boards are lightly marked and rubbed, with slight bumping to the extremities. The text block is age toned, with minor marks and slight cracking at points. The dust jacket is the original, printed rather optimistically on faint pink paper, lettered and illustrated in black, the paper has largely faded to an off-white, aside from to the flaps and the reverse, it is somewhat grubby, with a few minor chips and closed tears to the edges. An important early Ransome title and a classic of nautical travel writing. The American edition differing quite considerably from its British counterpart, smaller, with the text reset, some photographs added, others omitted, and at least one of the charts re-drawn. This, a remarkably well-preserved copy, the dust jacket in particular a remarkable survival, having navigated just over a century almost entirely intact.

Seller Inventory # 7197

Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Racundra's" First Cruise
• Publisher: New York B. W. Huebsch, Inc. 1923
• Publication Date: 1923
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included